Sases
Mid-1st Century CE
Guduphara Sasa | Sasa | Gondophares IV | 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨂𐨥𐨪 𐨯𐨯 | گندفر چهارم | ساسا | ساسس
Recreation of Gondophares Sasa, the Indo-Parthian king of the noble House of Suren from coins associated with his reign. Download
Sases with horned headgear and embroidered clothing. Download
Ver.1.0 - Last updated: March 6th 2022, by Mo. Rasoulipour
Brief Biography
Not much is known from Gondophares Sases, and the little information is currently available is deduced primarily from coinage remaining from his time. You can read more about this figure from the link below.
References
A coin from Sistan is believed to be depicting Sasa. You can see a studded crown not dissimilar to that of Parthian Sinatruces. The nose appears long and curved and the beard is short. It is possible that the spots shown on the crown reflect the placement of valuable gems or pearls.
It is agreed among most scholars that the row of animals shown above this type of crown is depicting stags (See Iranica - Crown-ii). The artifacts shown above from Saka cultures may shed light on how these animals were represented on the crown.
The general geographic area of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom in Eastern Iran/northwestern India, which equates to modern-day Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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A few images of cows found in the general geographic area that could have inspired the shape of the horns on Sasa’s crown.
Likely Accuracy of the Creative Recreation
Weak Guess:
Although the coin found of Gondophares Sasa can relatively create a clear picture on how he might have looked like in the obsereve’s eyes, the lack of other coins that agree with mentioned coin visually makes it hard to rely on.
Note: The artwork found in the ruins of Mount Khajeh, Sistan, Iran has helped form an approximation on the possible completion of Sases.
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